‘NY Times’: Angelina Makes ‘Wanted’

Jun 28, 2008 at 9:20am

Wow, nothing gets past the New York Times.

The paper’s Friday edition carried a review of the Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy action-thriller Wanted and concluded that Angie is pretty much the only reason to check out the flick. 

Reviewer Mahnola Dargis opines that director Timur Bekmambetov has “nothing else going for [his] big Hollywood debut except Ms. Jolie and a couple of ideas recycled from The Matrix and Fight Club.”

As if anything could be better than that.

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